DATE= 11/18/97
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-222881
TITLE=T-W-A 800 INVESTIGATION (L)
BYLINE=MAX RUSTON
DATELINE=NEW YORK
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, IN THE UNITED
STATES, SAYS IT HAS RULED OUT THE POSSIBILITY A BOMB OR MISSILE
BROUGHT DOWN T-W-A FLIGHT 800 LAST YEAR, IN AN EXPLOSION THAT
KILLED ALL 230 PEOPLE ON BOARD. V-O-A'S MAX RUSTON REPORTS FROM
NEW YORK.
TEXT: F-B-I ASSISTANT DIRECTOR JAMES KALLSTROM SAYS THE PROBE
INTO THE JULY 17TH, 1996, CRASH NEAR NEW YORK OF T-W-A FLIGHT 800
WAS ONE OF THE MOST MASSIVE INVESTIGATIONS IN HISTORY.
/// KALLSTROM ACT ///
WE MUST NOW REPORT THAT N/O EVIDENCE HAS BEEN FOUND
WHICH WOULD INDICATE THAT A CRIMINAL ACT WAS THE CAUSE
OF T-W-A FLIGHT 800. WE DO KNOW ONE THING, HOWEVER, THE
LAW ENFORCEMENT TEAM HAS DONE EVERYTHING HUMANLY
POSSIBLE, HAS PURSUED EVERY LEAD, HAS LOOKED AT EVERY
THEORY AND HAS LEFT NO STONE UNTURNED.
/// END ACT ///
CLOSE TO 50 MILLION DOLLARS HAS BEEN SPENT SO FAR ON THE 16 MONTH
INVESTIGATION. MUCH OF IT FOCUSSED ON DETERMINING THE BASIS OF
EYE-WITNESS ACCOUNTS, RECOVERING DEBRIS AND RECONSTRUCTING THE
SHATTERED BOEING SEVEN-47 AIRPLANE.
THE BODIES OF ALL 230 PEOPLE ON BOARD THE AIRLINER WERE
EVENTUALLY RECOVERED AND 96 PERCENT OF THE PLANE WAS
RECONSTRUCTED.
THE U-S NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD WILL CONTINUE ITS
INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE WHAT, IF ANY, MECHANICAL PROBLEMS MAY
HAVE CAUSED THE DISASTER. THE BOARD'S DIRECTOR, JAMES HALL,
SPOKE ABOUT HIS DETERMINATION TO FIND THE CAUSE.
/// HALL ACT ///
LET ME ASSURE YOU, AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, THAT THE
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD WILL CONTINUE TO
SPARE NO EFFORT TO FIND THE CAUSE OF THE T-W-A
EXPLOSION. WE OWE IT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WE SERVE
AND WE OWE IT TO THE CAUSE THAT WE WORK FOR:
TRANSPORTATION SAFETY.
/// END ACT ///
SOME RELATIVES OF VICTIMS SAY THEY WILL BE WATCHING THE PROGRESS
OF THAT INVESTIGATION CLOSELY. THEY SAY IF THE AIRCRAFT
MANUFACTURER, BOEING, OR THE AIRLINE, T-W-A, ARE FOUND TO BE AT
FAULT, THEY WILL SEEK DAMAGES FROM THOSE COMPANIES AND THEIR
EXECUTIVES.
THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD WILL HOLD A PUBLIC
HEARING IN DECEMBER TO DISCUSS ITS FINDINGS. (SIGNED)
NEB/NY/MPR/LSF/PT
18-Nov-97 5:12 PM EST (2212 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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